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Class 14 – HIA Applications
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Agenda
• Welcome back
• EIA
• HIA
• Updates from site visits
• Assignments and feedback
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NEPA
• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) issued in 1973: “When we speak of the environment, basically, we are talking about the relationship between man and these physical and biological and social forces that impact upon him”
• Established by the President’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
• Any major federal, state, or local project that spends federal funding, is performed by federal government, or requires permits issued by a federal agency
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NEPA’s EA Process
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Human Health Impacts in EIA
• Eos 12898 (EJ) and 13045 (protection of children from environmental health and safety risks)
• Six mentions of health in NEPA
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EO 12898 and 13045
• Environmental justice – directive to identify and address disproportionate and adverse human health or environmental effects
• Use public health data, involve public health agencies
• Consider health effects
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NEPA process- how health gets in
• Substantive public concerns are addressed in the DEIS
• Definition of significance includes “the degree to which effects on the human environment are likely to be highly controversial”
• “Effects” includes ecological, aesthetic, historic, cultural, economic, social, or health, whether direct, indirect, or cumulative”
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NEPA’s EA Process
• Notice of intent and scoping • Draft EIS
• Public comment • Explain purpose and need • Assess ‘no build scenario’
• Final EIS • Record of Decision
• Provisions are not binding
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EIA experiences?
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Social Impact Assessment
• 1970s
• Orientation, not methodology
• Has most frequently been wrapped into the EIA process
• Can be a standalone assessment
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HIA minimum elements • Three iterations, hundreds of public comments
Images removed due to copyright restrictions. Please see North American HIA Practice Standards Working Group (Bhatia R, Branscomb J, Farhang L, Lee M, Orenstein M, Richardson M). “Minimum Elements and Practice Standards for Health Impact Assessment, Version 2.” (PDF – 3MB) North American HIA Practice Standards Working Group. Oakland, CA: November 2010.
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Impact assessment
EIS SIA HIA ...
• Scoping
• Data collection
• Prediction (assessment)
• Recommendations to minimize harm and maximize benefits
• Look at overlapping focal areas
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Other assessment types
• ESHIA – integrated assessment
• SEA – strategic environmental assessment
• HHRA – human health risk assessment
• OHRA – occupational health risk assessment
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More things HIA is not
• Epidemiologic study
• Program evaluation
• Cost-benefit analysis
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Do we need all of this?
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Synergies
Proposed transportation project
EIA – how is the project expected to change levels of various air pollutants
HIA – how do changes in air pollutants affect health
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Example: Healthy T for a Healthy Region
Please visit “A Healthy T for a Healthy Region” to view the entire report presentation.
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Was this an HIA?
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• Should this have been an HIA?
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Pick a ‘model HIA’
• Critique by April 12
• www.hiasociety.org – SOPHIA webiste
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• Site visits
• Assessment workshops
▫ Where are you stuck?
▫ What do you need help with?
▫ What is your analytic plan?
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